When Grandma Nancy was a cheerleader, no one ever needed passwords, privacy was possible, and the Beatles wanted only to hold you hand. Love, however, was just as dorky -- and daring -- as it is today.

It's dinner time in suburbia and a precocious child is sharing with her parents some very disturbing thoughts about this so-called 'gift of life.' We all want our kids to be above average, but parents should be careful what they wish for!

Academia was his life. His fantasies seemed adequate to serve his sexual needs. Then one of his fantasies applied for a job as his research assistant and his life got complicated. She offered intimacy and that, alone, was a pinnacle in his musty, dusty world, but then they made a discovery that could propel him to international fame. If it was genuine. The proof needed was elusive. But they won.